The Challenger demonstrated and proved its combat worth through present Gulf Conflict. And painting the tank with a typical sand color, numerous alterations for backwoods operations was achieved, including a lot better coolant system; better environment cleansers; a strengthened transmission; extra side skirts from Chobham armor for extra safety, plus bolt-on Reactive armor wear leading area; an additional 200 liters of gasoline wound up being carried in outside tanks attached with a corner of tan, which significantly stretched its range; additional outside stowage containers; and using low or zero maintenance batteries.
Despite operations in to the harsh wilderness environment, the Challengers maintained a fantastic "in solution" and availability figure that exceeded 90per cent. This success, alongside its accurate and hefty firepower, pointed toward Challenger as being one of the better main battle tanks used through Conflict.
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